Process and apparatus for dehydrating eggs



June 5, 1934. A. H. LEACH PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR DEHYDRATING EGGSOriginal Filed. April 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 2 sheets-sheet 2 A. H. LEACH1 ROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR DEHYDRATING EGGS Original Filed April 1932III June 5,'. 1934.

v IN VEN TOR. mafia/vase BY W ATTOR PatentedJune 5, 1934 nnonssANDAP-PARATUS'FOR l nEnYmtATING EGGS;

antennas. Hamscam..jasemra ir nerhali t Carl Buh, eklmdfifii.

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. t s. Qbiecto thenressntinvenhen to me 51 rise a. ocess and a paratus fr dehydra g g ssm1 wh ch hegdelivdra ins, complete, and;

nlish cl in e ped e tand. nitary anne point, carried by thetablethroughthe warm all.

in the housing, the action of' the air serving to the table aftertheyhave become dehydrated. f One form which the invention may assume isexemplified in the following description and i1- lustratedby way ofexample in the accompanying drawings, in which: Fig.1 is a plan view'ofan egg dehydrator embodying my invention-with parts thereof broken away.l Fig. 2 is a side elevation :of the dehydrator also having parts brokenaway to disclose the mechanism otherwise concealed by the outer house. 1V

t Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line III-III of Fig. 1. p

' 3 tion at the line IV-IV of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is also a perspective view exposing a section of the dehydratorat the line VV of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawings, I show anannular housing gener- T1 ally indicated at 10. The housing 10 consistsof vertical annularinner and outer walls 11 and 12 respectively and atop plate 13.. The floor upon which the housing is disposed may serve asa bottom for the housing, as shown, or if desired a bottom plate may beprovided. Heated air from a source of supply not shown isdelivered tothe interior of the housing through a manifoldpipe, .14 from which theair. passes to the housing 5 through a plurality of branch pipes 15opening v into the housing at spaced intervals as shown.

Exhaust ports 16 are spaced about the inner wall 11 so that the 'air maypass outwardly therethrough and if desired these exhaust ports may j beconnected with 'a suitable flue or with are a ie Whitlrlth me han sm mnlyegl" Simple ia o ist uqti n and, inexpen ive; to ph dr tethem and thenscraped from h l and free fromroughness; It is also desirable 75:-

that the table top becomposed of a substance turn-pipe so that theexhaust air maybe dried andre-used. l Arranged within the hou ingatjspaced intervars. as is; most clearly shown Figs. 1-- and 2, areapluralitypf bearing brackets" 17". These brackets restupon the 'fiooror" bottom offlthe housing and each bracketsupports a pair of roll?errnembersil8; 1

'Supported-by-the rollers-:18 for movement. throughthe housing; anannulartablje generally indicated at- 19;. The table 19 consists ofafiat annular plate 20 formed of any suitable rigid material andsupporting a top member of glass such as illustratedat- 21. Whilethe topmember 2 1 is describedas being made" of glass, it will-be obvious froma; further descriptionoi the device: that other materials will serve thesame purposegj It is essential, however, that-the top surface of; thetable1f9 be substantially planar that is easilyLcleaned for purposes ofsanitation. The table 19 being wholly supported by the rollers '18 isfree for movement relative to the housing and in order to move thetable, a suitable driving means, not shown, is connected with apulley22disposed .exteriorly of the housing and fixed to a -shaft 23. a i

The shaft 23 extends to a position within the housing and supports apinion 24 at its inner end.

The pinion 24 is in mesh with a large ring gear illustrated at 25 andfixed tothe under side of the tab1e19 so that upon rotation ofthe pulley22 "containinga brush member 27. 4 e

The. brush member 27 is composed of bristles I fixed in the opening ofthe hopper and extending downwardly to contact with the top surface ofthe table 19. r

The direction of movement of the table 19 is in- 'dicated by an. arrow ain Fig.1 1. In the opposite a and supported as shown by a bracket 29.The ma the housing ata greatly reduced 90 t serapei ihladeifi isdi sposed ari gleiagainst the top of the table, and dire'etly adjacent' itsouter' end the outer wall 21 of the housing is provided with an fopening30 "against the side of 2 which is -aohute or'spout 31. I v V V vthev erfiiih esiio b9, dehydrated farelffirst tween-. The "part of J the 1poured into the feed hopper 26; The hopper thus contains the eggs in aviscous fluid-stateg-The bristles of the brush. 2'? are not,,too'atightly gravitation and or yolks or if desired 'both the whitesand yolksg are then, thoroughly mixed or beaten: up and clamped betweenthe lower edges 'of the; hopper i26 and as a result the eggs influidiornirseep Q 1 ,downwardly between the bristleepartly'due to partlydue tor icapillary: ,attracV-V tion.

' 1 s'the taloleljisslowly revolving; elitism of egg upon it issubjeoted to t he aetionofi heated;

efiect paints it, or coats'itwith the eggs f'r'oih'the I hopper- 2 6. aI; As the table revolvethis thin coating v riw ihin'the h usin -1 uan ir'v r e e l i l l t lfiated at 32.1

imp S i ble cans'; or receptacles lfor storage and ,dispensing. Y Y. j

r and is. deposited in plied; and theheat time air being so adjusted'that the eggisthoroughlydried before it reaehes e oi t at Wh te tne ere e in ezfi me the table, Henge, whentheidried egg reaches the scrapingknife it is fsraped from the tabletherew b z-and due to the vangulardisposition of ,the i wi c n or d tq m ve twa d ro h th opening-3p fromwhich it';slide s downjthe spout 31" asuitablereeeptacle:fs'uoh as v W iV H I at the' bottor'n of'saidfhopperatapoint contiguous The driede iwliii it readies-the@i cg tei n theviermof @"i a yI u s a c ap r matelythe consisteney ofbran and mayheplaeed '1 It will be seen eom 'ejiai' mgthat V Jobject; f V V I p while I hav'e shown'the preferred form of my39 inyentionfit is'tobe understood that various 7 proyided adevice fordehydrating eggsthat 7 7' iinates as fares possible the handling of theeggs", v

that simple in'eonstruotion and operation and thorough inaceo'mplishm'ent of the desired changes fiiaygb'e made initseon'struetion by those" skilled in the art without,departirigf fram'the spirit oftheinvention as defined in the-appended claim. i I V 7 HHaving thu's'descri bed' my invention, what" I elai'mfland. d esire toseoureb'y Letters Patent is:

aAn apparatus of the character described comprising an annularhousing'eonsisting. of ertihousing having a'fioorformingjthebottomthereof, means fordelivering heated air to the house-- -ing through thetop" thereof, at spaced points.

driving the pinionj to impartirotati on to the table, 135 r a hopperarranged abovethe table for the reception. offgeggjs' inliquidfforni, adischarge opening;

tothe top 'of thejtable, afbrush fixed at one edge of said discharge,ropening and 'contaeting the tahle to spread the eggs upon the table,and

seraping'means contacting thetable 'to remove V s the dried I RT UljEACI-I;

(tel annularin'ner and: outer; walls and a top'; said '90

